Love and Words Are Politics

Unwittingly and politically this film ends up being selfreflective The French filmmaker Sylvie Ballyot was shooting a feminist documentary in Yemen when her tapes were requisitioned by the authorities Adrift in unknown territory with the only help of a translator Ballyot carried on shooting images of herself in public spaces the only woman in a crowd of men Her reactions in a culture she is not familiar with get combined with interviews with students who talk about love family and sexuality